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WESTERBEOK.

SHIPPING CAN. 7 No. 351,010. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

UNITED STATES FFICE.

PATENT SHIPPING-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,010, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed December 26, 1885. Serial No.186,766.

T0 at whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK \VEsTER- BECK, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shipping-Cans, of which the following is a full, clear, and-exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 shows the can in elevation and the case in vertical section at2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is part in vertical section at 3 3, Fig. 2, part of the can being in elevation.

The can may be round, square, or other form, the square form being shown in the drawings, having a pyramidal top, whereasin a round can the top would be conical.

A is the body of the can, and B its top, having a nozzle, 0.

D and Eare air-holes in the top and nozzle, respectively, these two holes communicating with a passage or chamber, F, through which the air passes in entering the can as the liquid is poured out. No novelty is claimed for this air-passage. The case has a flat bottom, G. and upright frontpiece, H, rear piece, H. and side pieces, I I. The front piece and rear piece extend up to the shoulders a, while the side pieces, I, extend to the level of the top of the nozzle or spout O. The side pieces are connected at their upper ends to a top piece, J, which extends in the direction of its width about one-half across the top of the case. The piece J is shown let into the side pieces, I, so that its upper sideis flush with the upper edges of the side pieces. It will be seen that the top of the case is so constructed that a number of the incased cans may be stood one upon an- (No model.)

other without either injury to the cans or cases.

K are' handle-cleats by which the case may be lifted.

L and M are handles by which the case may be handled in pouring out the contents. It will be seen that the contents of the can may be as readily poured out as if the case were absent, owing to the shape'of the can and the opening seen at N at one side of the casetop.

O is a metal strap or strip which is fastened to the can at the inner end and to the case at the outer end, and which, while the fastenings both hold, will serve to retain the can in the case. The strap passes through an orifice, i.

P is a paper or other stamp or seal, which is stuck to the strap and case in such a way that the strap cannot be moved 011 the case without the destruction of the stamp. Thus the cam cannot be removed from the case without it being known by the effect upon the stamp. It is not essential that the parts z'of the side pieces, I, should be square-cornered, as shown.

The corner may be beveled off, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

I claim herein as my invention The combination, with a can having a top, nozzle, and hand hold on the top at the rear of the nozzle, of a case consisting of aflat bottom, G, front and rear pieces, H H, extending to the shoulders of the can, side pieces, I I, extending upward flush with the nozzle, top piece, J, let in flush with the tops of the side pieces, and a handle on the rear piece of the case, substantially as set forth.

FREDERICK VVESTERBECK.

In presence of- J OE. WAHLE, EDw. S. KNIGHT. 

